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Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by Consultant32452 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @08:50PM (#15413694)
I don't have the vitriol towards the devs you do, but I will admit it's a bit disheartening that some of the greatest minds of our time are figuring out ways to trick your brain into clicking advertisements.
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Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot by utefan001 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:02PM (#15413741)
Somewhat relevant to my comment on another thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15413217

"...education sites are competing with very powerful algorithms that are designed to keep users watching video after video. If youtube starts encouraging users to do a few Khan Academy problems before watching the next video, I will consider our project, DnsLearning.org, a total success"

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